Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

'7th Heaven' star vamps it up in 'Blade'

|
|
 
  
Published: Dec. 14, 2004 at 4:20 PM

NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Actress Jessica Biel says her vampire-slaying "Blade: Trinity" character could easily beat her squeaky-clean "7th Heaven" alter-ego in a fight.

Biel portrayed Mary Camden on the popular WB drama for several years, but can now be seen playing a "nighstalker" in the third installment of the "Blade" franchise.

"Mary wouldn't last very long," Biel, 22, told reporters in New York. "Now I've got all of these skills. I could whup on her."

Although Biel insisted her TV stint was a good experience, she admitted it can limit an actor because he or she is only viewed as one well-known character.

"When people see you every week in their homes, they think they know you and pretty soon producers and studio executives see that and they think: 'Oh, she can't do anything else. She can only do television,'" Biel noted. "And that's all I was trying to do is say: 'Look, I can do more.'"

Topics: Jessica Biel
© 2004 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
Punching, spitting, and pepper spray. Behold the power of BACON
Vodak made from prickly pear cactus brings a whole new meaning to the term "spiked drink"
Photoshop this determined golfer
Brooklyn school tries to keep Class of 2012 prom goers from starting the Class of 2030
You're 17, looking after your little sister after your parents cut and ran, working two jobs and...
By a margin of 56 to 36 percent, a majority of American voters now favor legalizing marijuana